Pet Peeves....

[finn's mom]

I have so many! But, right now, what I can think of is when people use the term "whelp" to refer to a raised mark on their skin, like from a tree branch hitting your arm or something. OH MY GOSH, that drives me crazy! People, it's WELT! Yeah, that makes me insane, though.

[finn's mom]

Ok, I just remembered another one. When people type out "yeah" online or whatever, but, they want it to be read as if it's pronounced "yay." It's petty as all get out, but, most peeves are. There's "yeah" (meaning "yes") and there's "yay" (meaning "woo hoo"). Ha, sorry, I'm instant messaging, and, that came up in the conversation.

Oooo, and when people say that they seen something (ie "i seen a yellow car" instead of "i saw a yellow car"). Oooo, that makes my skin crawl. I always notice grammatical errors, though. Even for myself. When someone posted that spelling quiz awhile back, I started trying to remember to spell "alright" in two words "all right", I didn't realize I wasn't spelling it correctly! Anyway, I'm going to bed, all this thinking is making me sleepy! All righty then! (that just looks weird! )

[Nomilynn]

Originally posted by finn's mom
Ok, I just remembered another one. When people type out "yeah" online or whatever, but, they want it to be read as if it's pronounced "yay." It's petty as all get out, but, most peeves are. There's "yeah" (meaning "yes") and there's "yay" (meaning "woo hoo"). Ha, sorry, I'm instant messaging, and, that came up in the conversation.

I TOTALLY agree with that one lol!

[K9soul]

Actually, 'alright' isn't considered wrong in all circles. It is thought to be similar to always (instead of all ways), altogether (instead of all together), and so on. Here is an interesting page talking about it: http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/inde...?date=19990604

Some teachers/editors find it acceptable, and some say it's not. Spell checks generally flag it, but it is in the dictionary, though labeled as non-standard.

As far as common spelling errors, I suppose one that comes to mind is people spelling deity as diety. You go on a diet to lose weight, you don't worship a diety .

As far as a behavioral peeve, I suppose my biggest one is witnessing people deliberately trying to put down and hurt someone else. It really upsets me.

edit: Oh, thought of another grammar usage one. When people say "I keep itching this mosquito bite." You scratch an itch, you don't itch an itch,

[finn's mom]

Originally posted by K9soul


edit: Oh, thought of another grammar usage one. When people say "I keep itching this mosquito bite." You scratch an itch, you don't itch an itch,

I hate that, too!

[dukedogsmom]

Jess, that reminded me of the very bad slang term of alright: aight.
Taken from www.urbandictionary.com
aight: saying alright but in a hip and ghetto way
I think that is the epitome of tackiness.
Also, people that put "like" into their sentences about 10 zillion times. Drives me completely batty!

[QueenScoopalot]

Another good one is people who say "Rottwilder" instead of Rottweiler! And others that get "poison ivory". And conversations that are peppered with "ya know", and "like" every other word.

[slick]

...and speaking about language.....I hate it when people say "irregardless" instead of "regardless".

[finn's mom]

Originally posted by slick
...and speaking about language.....I hate it when people say "irregardless" instead of "regardless".

I hate that, too. But, it's actually in the dictionary, now. It's just one of those things, where people start using it so much, it ends up in the dictionary. Ah, well. I guess there'd be a lot of words we use every day that were not standard english for a long time, either. But, I still hate irregardless.

[Suki Wingy]

yeah, my math teacher always says irregardless and it was driving me mad so I looked it up and it says it is the same as regardless, but it still sounds stupid to say the extra "ir"

[momcat]

Like most others, I have more than a few but here are the top ones.....

People who sing with the radio, stereo or at concerts. I didn't pay for a stereo or concert tickets to hear them over the person I went to listen to

Bratty kids who seem to be in the majority anymore. Where are the parents and why don't they teach these kids some manners

At work clients who call and say "If it wasn't for me you wouldn't have a job" and "I pay your salary

People who blame the poor quality of education on the teachers. The parents need to accept much of the blame for the problems in schools today because they don't teach their kids and respect for authority and when a problem occurs it's never their kid. Parents and kids don't seem to appreciate the educational opportunities available today. Kids are never taught a love of learning

Child abusers

Animal abusers

Hunters

People who constantly complain about the weather or anything else they can think of

People who ask you a question then give you an argument when you give an answer

[Lady's Human]

A couple of pet peeves..........

People who over generalize/paint an entire group with the same broad brush...


and paying large amounts of money for something because the company has a good reputation to get left with a piece of expensive junk.

[sandragonfly]

# folks smoking around the NO SMOKING! (doh..)
# rumors, hunters & molestors big time.
# flaky/dishonesty/defensive people.. (hey! I'll call you tomorrow!! ** ..a month later, *calls me* oh.. I was busy but .....
# non-flushed toliets (not mine...)
# finding animals out there nowhere... WHAT is with you, people?!?
# folding socks or fitted sheets.. (any advice?)
# washing pizza cutter.. (yikes, it goes into any direction!)
# dissolved sentences - "that's LIFE!".."well, UP to YOU".."YOUR choice".."OH I seeee.....".. THIS is MY life YOU SEE, living by MY CHOICES.. argh!
# new one: h-o-s-p-i-t-a-l-s.. [size=]no explaination needed..[/size]

[finn's mom]

It bothers me when young people call an older person "sweetie" or "hun", it just sounds so condescending. I really don't like it at all when teenagers call anyone but toddlers "hun", or "sweetie". It just drives me crackers.

[Kfamr]

Originally posted by finn's mom
It bothers me when young people call an older person "sweetie" or "hun", it just sounds so condescending. I really don't like it at all when teenagers call anyone but toddlers "hun", or "sweetie". It just drives me crackers.

Why?

I call good friends of mine sweetie, and a lot of them are older than me. I'm a teenager as well.